Fear of crime and the Guardian Angels
Subtitle: attitudes of New York city subway riders, 1984
By: principal investigator, Dennis Jay Kenney
Series: ICPSR -- 8531; ICPSR (Series) -- 8531
Publisher: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor
Published: 1980
Place of publication: Ann Arbor, Mich
Language: und
Format: [computer file] :
Number of pages: 3472
Subjects: Local transit crime; Public opinion; Guardian Angels (Organization)
Description: These data focus on the potential effectiveness of the Guardian Angels in their attempts to combat fear and crime on the New York City subways. Respondents were asked about their perceived fear of crime while riding the subways, the likelihood of their becoming victims of crimes, their opinions about the crime problem on the subways, and their knowledge and observations of the Guardian Angels.
Notes: Survey data.

Holding archive: Criminal Justice Archive and Information Network.

ICPSR data class: Class IV.

Chronological coverage: June 1983-September 1984; Data collected: June 1, 1984-September 30, 1984.

Personal interviews.

New York (N.Y.)

Card Image format with SPSS Control Cards.

Part number: 1 ; part name: Interviews ; file structure: rectangular ; case count: 2,696 ; variable count: 49 ; LRECL: 80 ; records per case: 1.

Part number: 2 ; part name: Refusals ; file structure: rectangular ; case count: 776 ; variable count: 16 ; LRECL: 80 ; records per case: 1.

Universe: New York City subway riders.

Kenney, Dennis Jay. Crime, fear, and the New York city subways: the role of citizen action. New York: Praeger Publishers, forthcoming.